Peyssonnelia calcea Heydrich 1897

Ramicrusta calcea (Heydrich) K.R.Dixon & G.W.Saunders

Current name: Ramicrusta calcea (Heydrich) K.R.Dixon & G.W.Saunders
TanzaniaKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)

Publication Details
Peyssonnelia calcea Heydrich 1897: 10, no fig.

Published in: Heydrich, F. (1897). Neue Kalkalgen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea (Kaiser Wilhelms-Land). Bibliotheca Botanica 7(41): 1-11, 1 pl.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Peyssonnelia is Peyssonnelia squamaria (S.G.Gmelin) Decaisne ex J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ramicrusta calcea (Heydrich) K.R.Dixon & G.W.Saunders.

Type Information
Type locality: "Auf Rhizomen von Zostera und grösseren Algen von den Tami-Inseln, Huon-Golf, Deutsch-Neu-Guinea." [Tami Island, Deutsch Neu-Guinea]; (Heydrich 1897: 10) Holotype: L; (Dixon & Saunders 2013: 103) Notes: Dawson (1953: 108): original holotype destroyed in Berlin in 1945; however, Dixon & Saunders (2013: 103) discovered a fragment of the holotype in herb. Weber-van Bosse (L).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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